Mounting-bracket.



R. H. MANSON.

MOUNTING BRACKET.`

APPLIOATIOH FILED 14.511,29, 1912.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

Ze 5585 @pty MW i Original application filed August 14,

UNITED STATES T OFFICE.

RAY H. MANSON, OF ELYRIA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DEAFT ELECTRIC COMPANY, OF ELYRIA, OHIO, A. CORPORATION OF OHIO.

MOUNTING-BRACKET.

Specification of 4Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

To all who/m, 'It may concern.

Be it known that l', RAY ll. MANsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elyria, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mounting-Brackets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.l

My invention relates to mounting brackets which are especially adapted for the mounting of signaling devices to be employed upon vehicles, such 'as electric horns used on automobiles, it being my aim to produce such a bracket as can be readily adapted to an car. In mounting devices of this kind, it 1s desired that the resonator shall be forwardly directed, and since the surface upon which the horn is mounted may be parallel, perpendicular to, or at an angle to the diret tion of the axle, or at times this surface may be 4even horizontal, it is necessary to provide a mounting device which may be mounted upon surfaces -i n any of these positions. It is also desirable to provide a mounting device, such that the horn may be mounted on either side of the car on top of the Wheel guards, or in other places about the machine, it bein another object of my invention to provi e a' mounting device which will meet these requirements.

Other objects of my invention and the invention itself will be best understood 'by reference to the particular description when taken in ce. nection with the form illustrated in the drawings.

This'application is a division of my applicanon #643,829,11ed August 14, l1911.

Figure 1 is a view of a bracket illustrating my invention, supporting an electric horn and partially sectioned. Fig. 2 is a plan of the form illustrated in Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawing and the embodiment of the invention there shown, the main Vpart or shank of the bracket is shown at 1. One end of this shank is adapted to be fastened to an automobile or other object,and in the form shown, the device is folded over at 2 and provided with a wing 3 and preferably with a second wing 4. The wings are perforated at 5 in order that they may be attached to the automobile or other object by some suitable means, such a's screws. Of course, the bracket may be fastened in any suitable way to the autou obile. The other end of the shank is bent o er as shown at (5, forming a wing 7 upon which the mounting part of the bracket is fastened.

In order to meet the requirement that the mounting bracket shall be available to mount the horn on either side of the car, I make the mounting part two-faced; that is, l provide a plurality of bearing surfaces on said part, and may provide two such surfaces opposite each other, one at the bottom and the other at the top. The mounting bracket may then be reversed and mounted on the car with either bearing upward. This mounting,r part, in the form shown, consists of a turn-table like element which may be in the form of a cylinder, whose outer walls are shown at 8. A web 9 extends substantially perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder across the interior thereof, preferably near the center of the cylinder. lhe web is perforated at 10 and a boss 11 may be formed around the edges of the perforation on each side of the web. A beuring 12 is' attached to the horn or instru- `m'ent to be mounted upon the bracket. In

the forni shown, this bearing is fastened to the instrument 13 by some suitable means, such as a bolt 14 and nut 15. The bolt'may extend through the perforation in the web, and afnut 16,.-niounted thereon, fastening the instriiliient 13 lto the bracket and when ti htened,1ocking it in position thereon. It

will thus be seen that the instrument may' be turned'. upon the turn-table in which l event the bearing 12 coperates1 with the complementary bearing on the edge of the cylinder 8, it being possible to swing the instrument 13 through an arc of 360 degrees. When the bracket is mounted upon an object, the instrument 18 may be mounted upon either side of the cylinder 8. The wings 3 and 4 may befastened to a flat .surface in any position, such as a horizontal or vertical surface, and the instrument 13 then turned upon the mounting until Ythe resonator is directed forwardly. By this arrangement Yl save the trouble which is often caused by vehicle owners who desire that their horns shall be mounted in certain positions. such for example, as upon the dashboard, the wheel guards, the hoods or the body of an automobile, and who require die nninutacturer of special mounting devices to'connect the horn to the particular' part oil.5 the machine.npoigiiy which they desire to mount it. M"

It will loe plain to tliose skilled in the art that numerous and extensive departures from the forni and details' of the embodirnentillustrated may be made Without departing from the spirit of the invention, this forni being shown merely for the purpose of illustrating the invention.

What I desire to claim is:

l. In combination, a bracket having a shank, a lint wing upon one end. of said :shank .by which 'the bracket may be connected. to" an object, a hollow cylindrical shaped bearing on the other end of Said shank, a perforated web in said bearing, a boss on said web around the perforation, i complementary bearing on an instrument, means to connect said complementary beau ing' tosaid web, so that' it cooperates with tbe-bearing on the bracket, and means en! ning said boss to lock said instrument in position upon said bearing.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a bracket baring,` a shank, a fiat wing upon one end oi said shank, by which the bracket may be attached to an automobile or other object., tbe shank boing bent substantially at right angles at the eide of said bracket, and a hollow cylindrical bearing on the other end of said shank, a web in said bearing having an opening thereima boss about said opening., said e mense@ .'slianlr being bent substantially at right angles adjacent said bearing.

' 3. In a device of tbe classl described, the combination or" a brackethaving a shank and n Wing nuide of the saine piece of metal,

the Wing being;` fiat and serving to connect the bracket to an automobile or other object, the shank beingy bent the junction of the shank and. Wing to form ariY obtuse angle a little greater than a right angle between the sluuik and wing, the shank beingr bent at the other end in the opposite direction to forni an obtuse angle a little greater than a right angle, a cylindrical bearing` surface on the end of tlieshank opposite tlie end connected to the wing, said cylindricalv bearing having a bearing` surface ateach end and being symmetrical with respect to a central plane through the axis oi the cylindrical perpendicular to said axis, a web in said cylindrical bearing perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder', seid Web being perforated and having a boss around the edge of the perforation upon each side of the web, a bear-` ing,r surface on an instrument adapted to cooperate with either ot' the bearing surfaces 

